The week's best photojournalism
An ominous lightning strike, a walk in water, and more
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Anahi Valenzuela, The Week US
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St. Louis Cardinals' Brendan Donovan, right, scores past Los Angeles Dodgers catcher Will Smith during the eighth inning of a baseball game in St. Louis.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

1,200 windsurfers take the start of the 21th edition of the Defi Wind in the Mediterranean Sea, off the coast of Gruissan in France.
(Image credit: CHARLY TRIBALLEAU/AFP via Getty Images)

A boy jumps in the sea during a hot day in Banda Aceh, Indonesia.
(Image credit: CHAIDEER MAHYUDDIN/AFP via Getty Images)

A man walks his dog along a flooded street in Castel Bolognese, Italy.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

A migrant daily wage worker bathes at a public well pump on a hot morning in New Delhi, India.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Altaf Qadri, File)

A fisherman repairs his fishing net along the Casamance River in Ziguinchor, Senegal.
(Image credit: MUHAMADOU BITTAYE/AFP via Getty Images)

Newborn lambs warm themselves under a heat lamp at a farm near Pipestone, Minnesota.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Security staff stands on a tram as a group of activists rallies against the G7 Leaders' Summit in Hiroshima.
(Image credit: PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images)

A lightning bolt strikes as migrants line up to be processed by immigration officials in Fronton, Texas.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

A Palestinian youth takes photos of an explosion caused by an Israeli airstrike in Beit Lahiya, Gaza.
(Image credit: AP Photo/Mohammed Al Masri)

Protesters gather for their own Palestinian "flag march" demonstration along the border with Israel.
(Image credit: MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

Government workers remove debris after a huge tree falls on homes along a creek in Manila, Philippines.
(Image credit: TED ALJIBE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Anahi Valenzuela has worked as an editorial assistant at The Week since 2022, where she assists with magazine content and covers the week's best photos. She started her career as a media producer at The Daily Californian and a writer for College Magazine.